Fred McCarthy documented an enormous number of sites across Sydney, and further north (36 parishes in total). His Catalogue of Rock Engravings spans two volumes and over 1200 pages, and includes the recordings of Campbell and Sim, as well as his own sites.
An Aboriginal engraving site depicting a school of seven fish, towards the end of West Head Road
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 6, No. 6 (1965) Group 142 (Sheet 1, Fig D)
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 142
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An interesting Aboriginal engraving site in the bed of Coorumbine Creek, first documented by Ian Sim in 1969 and depicting a whale and three men.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 3, Fig D
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 170
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A small Aboriginal engraving site above the Corrumbine Creek Firetrail with four eels and a small fish.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 7, No. 1 (1969). Sheet 2, Fig 2L
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 168
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Two eels at a small Aboriginal engraving site which was first documented by Ian Sim in 1969. Nearby are some deep axe grinding gooves.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 3, Fig C
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 169
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A complex Aboriginal engraving site in Red Hill Reserve with over 40 figures, many of them overlapping and a number of them fairly unusual.
- Number of motifs: 42
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 16 Fig 3
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 37
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Two men, a large circle and an eel next to five fish on three adjacent Aboriginal rock art sites on a ridge above Wheeler Creek.
- Number of motifs: 9
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 16 Figs 5 & 6
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 41
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- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 16 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 38
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The Currawong Road site features a six-metre high, circumcised Daramulum figure, who is holding an axe.
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1944
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Mankind Group 13
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The Cutta Muttan Creek Shelter contains some spectacular Aboriginal rock art, including multiple human figures and a club in red ochre and over 130 hand stencils.
- Number of motifs: 145
- Year first recorded: 1893
- Originally recorded by: R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy, Warren Bluff, W.J Enright
- McCarthy reference: Catalogue of the Aboriginal Relics of New South Wales: Part II in Mankind Vol 3, No 6 (1944). p.183
The Daleys Point Aboriginal Site is signposted site with over 20 rock engavings (incuding five shales), cave paintings and axe grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 28
- Year first recorded: 1943
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: KINCUMBER Unpublished Notebook 11
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